"The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes"....Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli of England, 1844.
"Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government,
being themselves controlled by the hidden hand"....Benjamin Disraeli
These audio letters are full of interesting behind the scenes info
http://www.peterdavidbeter.com/index.html
A bit about Dr Peter Beter
Peter David Beter (June 21, 1921 ? March 1987) was an American attorney[1] and financier[2]. He ran for governor in 1968 in the Republican Party primary in the state of West Virginia (although he was formerly a Democrat), but lost[3]. Politically, he was a staunch admirer of ex-Alabama governor George Wallace for his ethics; Beter also drafted Wallace as the American party candidate in 1973 but numerous republicans opposed such efforts[4]. Nonetheless, he later became a member of his Draft-Wallace committee[5].
Beter is a native of Huntington, son of Lebanese immigrants who became grocers after coming to the United States in 1899. He graduated from West Virginia University and later got his Doctor of Juris degree in law from the law school of George Washington University[6][7]. Beter practiced law in Washington D.C. from 1951 to 1961. He was the general counsel for the American Gold Association (now called the Gold Prospectors Association of America) from 1958 to 1961[8]. In 1961, he was appointed by President John F. Kennedy as general counsel for the Export-Import Bank of the United States, where he served until 1967. [9] [10] Beter also co-founded a mining exploration company in Zaire, and represented international financial interests in Europe, South America, and the Middle East[11].